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    The document discusses sustainability initiatives in Cebu City, Philippines. It provides background on Cebu City and explains reasons for pursuing sustainable development like rising energy costs and vulnerability to climate impacts. It outlines several Cebu City government policies and programs to promote sustainability, including ordinances to create sustainability offices, ban single-use plastics one day per week, and clear natural waterways. It also discusses international partnerships and plans to strengthen sustainability efforts further through an environment code, land use plan revisions, and building resilience to climate change.

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    The document discusses sustainability initiatives in Cebu City, Philippines. It provides background on Cebu City and explains reasons for pursuing sustainable development like rising energy costs and vulnerability to climate impacts. It outlines several Cebu City government policies and programs to promote sustainability, including ordinances to create sustainability offices, ban single-use plastics one day per week, and clear natural waterways. It also discusses international partnerships and plans to strengthen sustainability efforts further through an environment code, land use plan revisions, and building resilience to climate change.

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    The document discusses sustainability initiatives in Cebu City, Philippines. It provides background on Cebu City and explains reasons for pursuing sustainable development like rising energy costs and vulnerability to climate impacts. It outlines several Cebu City government policies and programs to promote sustainability, including ordinances to create sustainability offices, ban single-use plastics one day per week, and clear natural waterways. It also discusses international partnerships and plans to strengthen sustainability efforts further through an environment code, land use plan revisions, and building resilience to climate change.

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    SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES

    in the City of Cebu


    Hon. Ma. Nida C. Cabrera
    City Councilor, Cebu City Council, Cebu City, PH
    Chairperson: Committee on Parks and Playground, Wildlife,
    Ecology and Environmental Management
    October 2013
    E-mail: [email protected]
    City Profile

    Kitakyushu city
    Tokyo
    China
    Cebu City
    •Capital city of the Cebu Province
    and the oldest city in the country.
    •Considered as the 2nd largest center • An active member of the
    of business in the country. Center of Kitakyushu City’s
    trade & commerce in the southern Environmental Network of
    part of the Philippines. Asian Cities.

    Thailand Viet Nam Philippines • A partner of the


    International Environmental
    Cambodia Technology Centre (IETC)
    and UNEP

    Malaysia Cebu city


    Population: 866,171 (NSO 2010)

    Singapore Daytime population: estimated at more than a million


    Total Land Area: 315.0 km2
    Indonesia
    (50 Urban Barangays, 30 Rural Barangays)
    Why
    SUSTAINABLE
    DEVELOPMENT?GLOBAL
    *Rapidly rising
    WARMING
    energy costs
    *Water shortages/
    Saltwater intrusion
    MCWD: Metro
    *Challenges in SWM
    Cebu water *Vulnerability to
    production landslides & floods
    down *Extreme weather
    Cebu Daily News 7:06 events
    am | Saturday, May *Preserving heritage
    4th, 2013 and culture

    Saltwater Intrusion
    in Metro Cebu
    CEBU CITY GOVERNMENT policies and programs for a sustainable city

    a) City Ordinance No. 2243 (otherwise known as the Sustainable


    Development Ordinance of the City of Cebu)
    CEBU CITY GOVERNMENT policies and programs for a sustainable city

    b) City Ordinance No. 2234 (creation of the Cebu City Environment and
    Natural Resources Office – CCENRO)

    Environmental Policy Recommending Bodies


    Enforcement created through City Ordinances
    Bodies

    Reduction of
    Disaster Risk Reduction & Management
    Danger Zones
    Council/Office
    (REDZ)
    CEBU CITY GOVERNMENT policies and programs for a sustainable city

    c. City Ordinance No. 2343 No Plastics Saturday Ordinance


    (note: to be expanded to a 2nd day after 1 year of implementation; part of measures
    to manage waste plastics that clog up waterways and/or end up in landfills)

    “Plastic Shopping Bag – any carry bag or punch hole bag made of
    polyethylene with a thickness ranging from 7 to 25 microns utilized or
    sold at the retails point of sale for carrying & transporting retail
    products or merchandise.”
    CEBU CITY GOVERNMENT policies and programs for a sustainable city

    d. Clearing Natural Waterways [integrated with the ongoing


    effort to update the Drainage Master Plan]
    CEBU CITY GOVERNMENT policies and programs for a sustainable city

    e. Green Cooperation with Other Cities in the Cebu


    Province through the Mega Cebu vision

    Source:
    CEBU CITY GOVERNMENT policies and programs for a sustainable city

    f. International Partnerships
    Kitakyushu City thru the Environmental International Environmental Technology
    Cooperation Network of Asian Cities Center (IETC) and United Nations
    Environment Program (UNEP)
    Community-based Solid Waste
    Management Program

    Proposed Plastic Waste Recycling Model


    Project in Barangay Level
    Ways Forward
    a. Environment Code of the City of Cebu

    b. Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP)


    and Revision of the Zoning Ordinance
    c. Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program
    d. Green Building Ordinance

    e. Strengthening resilience of communities


    amidst climate change

    d. Moving towards a low-carbon and resource efficient city;


    active advocacy in both national and international levels.
    Source:
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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